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Prudhviraj Rupavath
Three Maharashtra Farmers Sue Syngenta in Switzerland for Pesticide Poisoning
19 Sep 2020
More than 700 cotton farmers and agricultural workers were hospitalised in 2019 after pesticide poisoning in Vidarbha region.
Varsha Torgalkar
Maharashtra: Families of Prison Inmates with Co-morbidities and Age Issues Worried, Only Those Without Serious Offences Released
16 Sep 2020
Activists have been demanding the release of prisoners on health grounds. So far, six inmates have died of COVID-19 in prisons across state and 1,772 prisoners have tested positive out of total 11,…
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: Onion Growers Hit the Road to Protest Against Export Ban
15 Sep 2020
The onion farmers in the northern belt of Maharashtra, who were already suffering from huge losses due to the extended lockdown, have referred the Centre’s decision as a betrayal.
Amey Tirodkar
Behind Save Aarey’s Success, Effective Media Campaign and People’s Involvement
04 Sep 2020
The MVA government’s decision to conserve Aarey as a forest area proves the success of a sustained battle by the people and environmental activists to protect the forest in the outskirts of Mumbai.
Amey Tirodkar
COVID-19: Over 4,500 Dabbawalas in Mumbai Left Without Work Due to Lockdown
31 Aug 2020
The dabbewalas are demanding that they be allowed to board local trains so that they can resume their services or at least be provided Rs 5,000 stipend as given to unorganised sector workers in…
Varsha Torgalkar
Maharashtra Fails Dr. Dabholkar in Spirit, Only 10 FIRs under Social Boycott Act in Three Years
27 Aug 2020
Dr. Dabholkar, who founded MANS in 2012-13, began the campaign to ban social boycott of a person or a family by jati panchayats.
Sumedha Pal
Public Hearings on Zoom App: Farmers’ Rights Trampled Down
25 Aug 2020
While the NGT has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to conduct public hearings in compliance with the norms, farmers’ rights stand to be compromised.
Sumedha Pal
Coastal Regulation: Modi Government's Overlooking of Suggestions has had Tangible Consequences
13 Aug 2020
With commercial projects ensuing on coastal clearances given by the government, Mumbai is currently witnessing flooding in areas which were never inundated earlier.
Amey Tirodkar
With Prices Falling, Milk Producing Farmers to Intensify Protests in Maharashtra
20 Jul 2020
A major fall in the price of milk in Maharashtra has been hurting farmers since the lockdown. The state government has called for a meeting of all stakeholders on Tuesday.
Newsclick Report
Romila Thapar, Others Write to Maha Govt, NIA Appealing for Immediate Medical Attention for Varavara Rao
13 Jul 2020
“To knowingly risk the life of a person in state custody by refusing proper medical treatment would amount to a form of the “encounter”,” the appeal says.